A five-person Croatian gang is being charged with weapons smuggling after the group was discovered to be shipping large quantities of weapons parts ordered online from the USA to be assembled and sold …
North Korean Hackers Hit Latin American Banks
"The North Korean hacking group know as Lazarus recently targeted financial institutions in Latin America, Trend Micro security researchers have discovered. The notorious threat actor, believed to be …
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(INTERPOL) Marine Pollution Crime: First Global Multi-Agency Operation
"An international law enforcement operation against maritime pollution has revealed hundreds of violations and exposed serious cases of contamination worldwide. Codenamed 30 Days at Sea, the …
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Most ATMs can be hacked in under 20 minutes
"An extensive testing session carried out by bank security experts at Positive Technologies has revealed that most ATMs can be hacked in under 20 minutes, and even less, in certain types of attacks. …
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Trump administration greenlights $324M border wall in Arizona
"The Arizona border will have 32 miles of existing wall replaced starting next April. The $324 million project has been given the green light by federal immigration officials, U.S. Customs and Border …
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Postal Service’s Informed Delivery Feature Could Be Helping Fraudsters
The U.S. Postal Service’s new Informed Delivery program provides scanned copies of customers’ incoming mail, ideally making physical mail received through USPS more convenient. The program has 13 …
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Internet traffic hijack disrupts Google services
"An internet traffic diversion that rerouted data through Russia and China disrupted Google services on Monday, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for …
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Dutch police decrypt 258,000 messages after breaking expensive IronChat crypto app
Dutch law enforcement decrypted over 258,000 messages sent within the IronChat application, a method sold as an end-to-end encrypted message service and allegedly endorsed by Edward Snowden (he has …
Russia says it thwarted drone attacks at World Cup
Russian authorities have announced hat they “took measures to detect and foil attempts by terrorists to use drones during the preparation and hosting of various major political and sports events, most …
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University shuts down network to thwart Bitcoin cryptojacking scheme
"A Canadian university was forced to close down its entire network due to the discovery that the system was being abused in order to mine for cryptocurrency. Nova Scotia's St. Francis Xavier …
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